Spool-holder



(No Model.)l

D. I'. TAYLOR.

sPooL HOLDER.

No. 569,307. Patented 001;. 13, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

DAVID F. TAYLOR, OF VIOIIITA, KANSAS.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,307, dated October13, 1896.

Application iiled April 14, 1896. Serial No. 587,506. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, DAvID F. TAYLOR, a

V citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Vichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders, of whichthe following is a specication, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings, and the figures of reference thereon, forming apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom plan of myimproved spool-holder, showing the means of holding the same in place,also showing how said holder can be swung around to one side. Fig. 2 isan edge view of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in thread or spoolholders; and it consists of a frame having a series of pegs for holdingeach spool separate from the other, said frame being adapted to besecured to a sewing-machine, to the bottom of the drawers, or to asuitable bracket; and the object of this thread or spool holder is toprovide a convenient way for holding several spools of thread so theycan be easily gotten at when desired and to prevent the thread fromgetting tangled, as is the case when it is thrown loose in a basket.

Referring to the drawings, l represents the frame, which is secured to asuitable support 2 through the medium of the plate 3. Said plate 3 issecured to said support 2 by the screws 4. Y

5 represents a track for supporting said frame while swung around, asshown by the dotted lines in Fig. l. Said track is provided with thestrengthening-rib G. Said frame l is journaled at 7 to the plate 3.

8 represents a lip or handle and is secured to or made a part of saidframe l.

9 represents a spring-keeper secured to the support 2 by the screws l0.Said springkeeper is for the purpose of holding the free swinging end ofsaid frame in place.

11 represents a spool. 12 represents a series of pegs secured to or madein connection with said frame l and is for holding each individual spooll1.

'When it is desired to remove a spool from the frame, the handle 8 isswung around, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. l, when the desiredspool can be readily secured, as each spool is separate from the othersand as the number on the spool is in sight. After lifting the desiredspool from its holder the free end 8 of said frame can be swung' back inthe spring-keeper 9.

The track 5 is for the purpose of supporting said frame l while it isswung around ready to remove a spool.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

The herein-described spool-holder consisting of the combination of abase-support 2, the spring-keeper 9 secured at one end to said support,the plate 3 secured to the opposite end of said support, the circulartrack 5 secured to said plate 3, the frame l journaled to said plate at7 between said plate and said track 5 said track adapted to support saidframe l when swung around to remove thread, said frame being providedwith the pins 12 for holding the spools and the lip 8 for engaging thespring 9.

DAVID F. TAYLOR.

lvitnesses G. E. MARTIN, A. E. HELM.

